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NBA Player Ejected for Below-the-Belt Shot at Opponent
- Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:09pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Some say NBA player Kevin Garnett is a dirty basketball player. This doesn’t help his defense.
The Boston Celtics player was ejected from Friday night’s game versus the Phoenix Suns for taking a cheap shot to the groin of an opposing player, Channing Frye. The play caused an on-court kerfuffle between the teams that ended in Garnett’s early shower:
According to ESPN, Garnett joined his coach, Doc Rivers, in taking an early exit. Rivers was ejected earlier in the game for arguing with an official. Two of Garnett’s teammates, as well as Frye, were issued technical fouls.
(H/T: SportsGrid)
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Comments (70)
Brem
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 5:05pmHe will qualify as a TSA groper when his basketball career is over
Report Post »missbosslady
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 4:57pmGarnett is, and always has been a complete and total jerk *ff. This latest incident only furthers that.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 4:25pmHe sure recovered awfully fast to be hit in the neither regions. The guy wasn’t even looking when it occurred. Did you see how he dropped to the floor when the other guy ignored him he jumped up and started acting all bullish. He didn’t get hurt and was probably humiliated by the whole thing.
Report Post »OnToppaThat
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 4:24pm“stomach area” hahahaha
Report Post »wildwood
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 4:02pmTHE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS ARE NOT DOING GREAT THIS YEAR, BUT I STILL LOVE THEM.
Report Post »Like them better now that you know who is gone, they are a very respectable , and show great sportsmanship, no trash talk. can’t say that about Garnett, Boston would be better off with out him.
One thing i don’t like about the CAVS and the other teams are thoses GOD awful tattos!!
Looks like an old rooster jumped them and left dirty black scratches all over them.
TANK3584
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 3:58pmNext we will have a boxing match..then they break out with Dancing with the stars…It seems these days everything ends up with violence.Sad
Report Post »Fins_2theright
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 3:56pmYet another reminder of why i do not watch the NBA.
Report Post »TeaParty_InTheSky
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 3:54pmwhat the heck!! really really. come on blaze. ESPN is probably releasing an new top 20 cup shots for 19.99 lol. but i got more out of it than when i watched obamas wtf state of the union
Report Post »Chicago Ray
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 3:49pmSome say NBA player Kevin Garnett is a dirty basketball player.”
I‘m one of them ’some people’.
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 3:41pmbunch of whiners… That‘s how you are taught to defend someone when you can’t get to the ball fast enough to alter thier shot – you put a hand into them…. you distract them just a bit before they release the shot… granted, it’s supposed to be above the belt obviously, like a slight tap to the chest. Good defensive fundamentals, just a poorly placed check. I’ll say that I am no fan of the NBA or Garnett, but that is how the game is played.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on January 30, 2011 at 12:28pmBaloney. No respectable coach teaches his players to hit a player on a jump shot if they can’t get there to contest the shot. One of the core tenants of the game is “never foul a jumpshooter”.
They especially aren‘t teaching a guy that’s seven foot tall to close out on a shooter with his hands in the area of his groin. Just running out with his hand up would force an altered shot
Report Post »CitizenVetUSA
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 3:27pmPro Basketball has morphed into a game played by freaks of nature, and is not real sport competition; Just the Hollywood entertainment business of money.
Report Post »nsblues
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 3:24pmhey taxed. the great thing about the internet and even this website is that you are free to choose which links you click on. You are also free to choose to comment on those stories. And even better yet you are free to choose to whine about the stories. Of course you are also free to choose to do none of the above. Of course its always amazed me how much effort people will take to complain that a story isn’t newsworthy or blaze-worthy. Why not choose to ignore it? If these stories don’t get hits the Blaze will stop carrying them.
Report Post »SND97
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 3:20pmowch!!!
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 3:17pmtaxed, I think it is news. It further illustrates the decline in our society. I coach a youth sports team; if one of my players did that I would eject them myself. They need to learn. Behavior like this is inappropriate.
Report Post »nbarendt
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:57pmI do remember back when Garnett was with the Timberwolves Garnett and TEAM player at a practice game got into it Garnett threw the first punch, so yeah I do believe he is a dirty player if I remember he also got into with another team player Wally Szczerbiak who no longer plays I don’t believe.
Report Post »mrlogan3
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 4:48pmWally still plays actually. Garnett’s not a dirty player, it’s a rough game, stuff like this happens. Frye got up awfully quickly for a man that just took a shot to the jewels. Frye also begins the altercation, not Garnett.
Report Post »PreserveOurFreedoms
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:50pmThis should be known as the “MSNBC Move” on the field of play.
It has nothing to do with the game as designed – but does have an immediate, if not fair, effect on the opponent.
Report Post »RoAdFiXeR
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:48pmwho cares???
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:45pmThere is only one NBA team with classy players: The San Antonio Spurs! You’ll never see that behavior from our Spurs! Pop does not put up with this kind of misbehavior!
Report Post »Alvin691
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:38pmTag
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:36pmIf I wanted to see cheap shots to the groin, I’d watch Harry Reid on C-SPAN.
Report Post »midcoastmainepatriot
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:32pmWhat fantastic role models for the youth of America!!! So very inspiring….We are so blessed to have them!!!!
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:26pmhey whatever happened to that all-white basketball team who wanted to take it back to the fun original basics, just go out there and enjoy a good clean game, no big money, no ego. last we heard they were being harassed by the NAACP for being “racist”, since it was strictly for whites only. funny, but we can remember basketball roginatd as an all white Sport and it still being all white and good clean enjoyable games to play in back in 1966.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:32pmroginated? haha, meant Originated.
Report Post »JCoolman
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:49pmYou are ignorant. Does Bill Laimbeer represent what you are saying?
Report Post »JCoolman
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:54pmAnderson Varejao?
Report Post »JCoolman
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:54pmHedo Turkoglu?
Report Post »JCoolman
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:55pmManu Ginobili?
Report Post »JCoolman
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:58pmI can keep going.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:24pmNo.
Report Post »mrmikejohnson
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:19pmGarnett is NOT known as a dirty player. That’s barely even a foul. A lot guys don’t even get called for a foul for doing that. Please actually have a reporter watch NBA basketball games regularly before spouting your ignorance. Do a survey of NBA players on th dirtiest players in the NBA, I’ll give 5-1 odds Garnett doesn’t even appear in the Top 30 Dirtiest players by his peers. This is just ignorant journalistic spin from The Blaze. Sports websites don‘t even have this as a featured story because it’s such a non-story.
Report Post »badbarber54
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:38pmOh so smacking a player in the nads isn’t a bad thing? BS. NBA is a joke, playground basketball with thug mentallity. Good foul call and ejextion.
Report Post »Nigel2
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:47pmThe referee seemed to agree that it was unwarranted. Did we hit a nerve offending the home team?? Well tough titties. Grow up
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:55pmMrMikeJohnson
Report Post »Even if it wasn’t intentional, which it was, it was a foul. He knew what he was doing. Look, keep making excuses for the antics in the NBA, and there will be no NBA. I can’t believe anyone still watches that game, and I was a major fan of the Warriors until they went to SF, then the 76ers until Wilt left for LA. They are a minor player in professional sports in Philly these days. I won’t be surprised if they eventually have to move. I don’t miss it one bit, just like I don’t miss the NFL since about 1980 or so. Same kind of behavior there. Spring training starts soon for the Phils.
PreserveOurFreedoms
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 3:00pmSo you are saying that this is just an example of “clean” play?
A high level of professional ball handling for us all to admire…
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 10:07pmdoesn’t sound like the “Blaze” doing the sports announcing and bringing out the potential fouls,,doesn’t look like the “Blaze” doing the video recordings. It does look like th Blaze bringing the clip to us for our review.
you sound like a “Blaze” hater. Are you a ‘lefty?’
Report Post »Jaymo56
Posted on January 30, 2011 at 10:52amJust to let everyone know that was not a dirty play. I have played basketball for over 15 years playing in 1000s of games all over the country. THAT WAS NOT A DIRTY PLAY. Back in the day, Larry bird and Dr, J fought with their FISTS at mid-court for no reason. Actually there was a reason, it was because Bird poured in 45 points and Dr. J only had about 6 points. Or how about when Rudy Tomjanovich from the Houston Rockets was punched directly in the face cracking his skull when he was running to the aide of his teammate. Rudy never played basketball again because of that punch. I agree that ONLY a simple foul should have been called on Garnett. I have seen many pro players tap shooters in the stomach to throw off their shots. Garnett was going up to challenege the shot (EVERY PLAYER IS TAUGHT TO CHALLENGE 3 POINT SHOTS) when Frye jumped higher than normal Garnett got Frye in the groin. And if that ‘dirty“ ”cheap” shot hurt so bad, Frye did a great acting job and also got off the floor pretty quick to fight Garnett after the “dirty” “cheap” shot. That game was being refed terribly FROM BOTH SIDES. If the NBA antics are so bad, maybe we should review the antics of other leagues such as the NFL. Sure the NEW YORK JETS can call other players on other teams aholes and other bad names and then after the game go and get arrested for DUIs and other great acts of stupidity. The NBA is not the best league, but Ray Lewis and Dante Stallworth WHO STILL PLAY IN THE NFL were linked and were convicted of KILLING OTHER HUMAN BEINGS!!!!! Kevin Garnett was playing defense and hit Frye in the groin when he was challenging the shot. GET OVER IT!!!! If you want to see real fist fights and cheap shots, look to the NBA’s past and you will see some real brawls!!!! PLEASEE do research before you say a basketball game turned into a hockey game. I mean there wasn’t even blood, and Frye was able to get off the floor in less than 5 seconds and talk smack circling Garnett. Also, three players from the Boston Celtics were given 4 technical fouls in that whole situation, and only ONEEE Phoenix Suns player (Frye) was given ONE technical foul even though both teams had numerous players on the floor pushing each other. That was def. a FOUL! But that was it!! Please watch more sports if you want to make a comment!!
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 2:12pmWOW! Go to a basketball game and a hockey game breaks out.
Report Post »Trubow
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 3:10pmHehehe, What’s next? Go to a Boxing match and a political debate breaks out?
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 4:02pmI am not a sports fan so I have no clue if a foul was committed. However I do love to say “kerfuffle!”
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 5:18pm@Trubow
Why not, it happens in many of the worlds nations already.
@82ndAirborne
Agreed, I live here in Phoenix, and wonder why this has taken so long to occur. I do not follow sports very much myself. Would rather be fishing or hunting.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 5:42pm@ Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks} – Great hobbies to have. Not very long ago I decided I didn’t ever want to harm another living thing. So I don’t. I have absolutely no problem with folks who hunt/fish. Most of the time it needs to be done for the health of the general animal population – I get it.
Before the trolls jump on me: Yes, I understand where my food comes from. I just choose not to kill things personally. If you were in my shoes you would understand why this isn’t hypocritical.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 5:45pmGo to a basketball game, and the Kenyan gets his mouth stitched back up!
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 5:59pm@82dAirborne
I love to fish, but , I do more of a catch and release. Sometimes its nice to simply go out to the lake and sit and read. Hunting, I love Elk and get one every year for the freezer.
I respect your views on animals, I never take a shot on an Elk unless I have an absolutely clear shot, and I do my best to ensure the animal suffers very little. Being part (1/8) American Indian, my grandfather taught me to respect nature because it gives us so much.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 6:33pm@ Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra – No problem with any of that! After all these years I go to the tree line with a camera & when I send a round downrange it’s the death of an empty beer can. I love to shoot.
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on January 29, 2011 at 8:14pmWhat do you expect from a bunch of thugs playing with a ball. Who would waste hard earned money to go and watch this mess. WORD UP for the racist dudes on this site just waiting for someone to say something about black dudes. Thugs come in all different colors bubba.
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on January 30, 2011 at 12:49pmThat was an intentional hit by Garnett. If you look in the video. why Kevin is covering up his nads ?,because he is thinking of getting hit back.
Report Post »jblovesAmerica
Posted on January 30, 2011 at 1:40pmGarnett, or any player-ejected fot the season-no pay.
Report Post »will not happen again.
always watching
Posted on January 31, 2011 at 12:57amWhile the “groin shot” didn’t look like that big a blow ( I can only imagine), I believe the real intent to injure came when Garnette undercut the shooter. I think it was an attempt to cause an ankle injury because he deliberately left him no room to land. That isn’t a “great defensive move”, it was a double cheap shot. Well, I guess karma is a b____ Kevin. How many stitches did Gasol stick in your head today without so much as a foul being called (inadvertant contact bwahhhhahahahahah) ?
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